Automatic dispenser for solids.



H. BECKER. AUTOMATIC DISPENSER FOR SOLIDS. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. a, 1913.

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Paten ted May 26, 19M

HEINRICH BECKER, OF DUISBURG-MEIDERICH, GERMANY.

' AUTOMATIC DISPENSER FOR $OLIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May-26, 1914.

Application filed September 3, 1913. Serial No. 787,830.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH BECKER, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing at Duisburg-Weiderich, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Automatic Dispenser for Solids, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an automatic dispenser for solids, in particular small cakes of soap.

The invention consists in that an angular lever arranged to rock beneath a shaft filled with the material to be dispensed, is adapted to close the said shaft under action of a spring or the like, and is generally locked by means of a balance beam, the equilibrium of which is destroyed on a coin being inserted, whereupon it releases the angle lever, so that thg latter may be pulled outward by its outwardly projecting arm. By means of a projection on this arm, which may also be made in form of a cutting edge, a piece of the material contained in the shaft is dispensed.

In the accompanying drawing a constructional form of the invention is exemplified, Figure 1 being a front elevation, Figs. 2 and 3 sectional views on an enlarged scale.

As evident from the drawing, the dispenser consists of a casing a, which terminates at the top in a shaft or merchandise container 0 filled with bars of soap or the like, and of an angle lever e, e pivotally fitted in said casing a and under action of a spring (Z tending to hold said angle lever against the back of the said casing. The arm 6 of this angle lever is composed of two parallel pieces joined to each other, and is adapted to be locked by the action of the balanced beam or tripper f, g. This beam reaches with its one arm f having the shape of a balance pan beneath the coin slot h,

and abuts with its other arm 9 against a cross web or abutment i of the lever-arm 6. At its upper end this arm is provided with a forward extension is carrying a handle a, and a plate m adapted to normally constitute a bottom for shaft 0.

Beyond the plate m the extension 70 of the angle lever forms a shoulder a which is provided with a cutting edge 0.

Then a coin is inserted into the apparatus, it falls on to the pan arm f, so that the beam sinks on this side until it abuts against the arm 6 of the angle lever and rises simultaneously at its other end until its arm 9 moves out of the range of the cross piece 2' of the angle lever e, 6 The coin in the meantime remains lying on the pan as the latter is only slightly inclined. If now a pressure is exerted on the plate Z in the direction indicated by the arrow the arm k of the angle lever 6, 6 which has now been released, will be drawn from the casing and the cutting edge 0 will slice off a piece of soap from the bar 7), and dispense it on the plate m through the chute 10. For preventing the sliced off piece of soap from falling back into the apparatus, a web q is provided in an oblique direction between the two sides of the arm 6, which web 9 will, on the arm 7: being moved outward, glide on the chute p and form an extension thereof, thus preventing the soap from falling into the machine.

For preventing trespassers destroying the equilibrium of the beam f g by means of a knife or wire and thereby operating the machine, a locking arm s is secured to the one side of the upper arm of the angle lever 6, 6 which arm 8 will in its position of rest reach up to the slot h for the coin, and will therefore close the slot as soon as the angle lever is moved, so that an auxiliary means which has been previously introduced in a trespassing manner will lock the machine.

For facilitating the cutting off of the pieces of soap from the bar of soap in the shaft the lower end of the latter has an incline corresponding to the travel of the cutter.

I claim:

-1. A dispensing machine comprising a casing, an angle lever pivoted within the casing, an abutment on one arm of the angle lever, a coin-controlled tripper adapted to engage said abutment and to be engaged by the other lever arm, and a cutter carried by the lever and adapted to be projected across the merchandise container.

2. A dispensing machine comprising a casing having a merchandise container, an

angle lever pivoted Within the casing, an carried by the lever and adapted to norabutment 01111 one arm of (the angle lever, a mally close said container.

coin-contro ed trlpper a aated to engage said abutment and to be ngaged by the HEINRICH BECKER other lever arm, a cutter carried by the lever Witnesses:

and adapted to be projected across the mer- ALBERT NUFER,

chandise container, and a plate likewise JULIUS FESTNER.

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